By Elliott Brack
Editor and Publisher, GwinnettForum
FEB. 16, 2021 | Does it bother you when people park illegally in handicapped parking spaces?
Grrrr. It really burns me up. It’s an act of private aggression and at the same time a violation of the common laws of our community.
And it is downright infuriating to see a person park in such a space when their vehicle does not have a handicapped sticker.
The guy I saw the other morning was big, burly and driving a large, black sports utility vehicle. He was someone in what looked like the prime of health, maybe 40 years old, parking no more than 15 feet from the front door of a medical office, and striding in like he owned the world. When leaving my parking spot next to his vehicle a few minutes later, I made it my business to check to see if he had a handicapped sticker on his vehicle. He did not. It did not surprise me from the way he walked.
He was an example of a person who doesn’t give a hoot about the laws of society. He’ll do what he wants to, even if it means that others have to suffer, those who need to park close to the entrance, but now cannot because of his big vehicle hogging a parking space that he should not be in.
Grrrr.
I figure I can tell you something about this guy. Among them:
- If he bought something from me, I wouldn’t take his check. Would not trust him no matter what.
- If we were at a ball game, no doubt he would be the one jumping up all the time, blocking the view of those behind.
- When at a restaurant, he would fail to give servers a decent tip, and complain about the service or food.
- What you want to bet that, if divorced, he is behind in his child support or alimony payments?
- Or if married, might treat his wife and children badly.
- And break in line before others.
- Lavishly spends money in bars, and constantly hits on waitresses.
- Probably doesn’t have a lot of good to say about most people.
- And may not even respect his mother.
All this might make you think I wouldn’t like this guy. It didn’t take me long to figure out his character.
All you can hope when you see something such as this taking place is that a local policeman would just happen to pull into the parking lot, and out of curiosity, always make it a habit to check if vehicles in handicapped spaces had a sticker authorizing him to park there.
We hope this jerk someday finds a summons on his windshield when he returns to his vehicle. And we anticipate that he’ll merely tear up the summons, and in future days, does this several times more, so that when he is eventually hauled into court, he’ll face multiple violations. Yep, we hope the judge throws the book at him, fines him to the limit, and tells him that if future violations, he faces even harsher punishment.
Perhaps this guy has some sterling personal characteristics that we don’t know about. But I doubt it.
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